249 | Fast-takeoff fears, $1 B Disney-OpenAI pact, GPT-5.2’s pro-grade leap, Gartner yells “block AI browsers,” and Apple bleeds AI talent—our mega AI recap for the week ending on December 13, 2025

Is AI finally ready to do your job — better, faster, and cheaper? In this week’s Leveraging AI news recap, host Isar Meitis unpacks a flurry of groundbreaking developments in the world of artificial intelligence — from the release of GPT-5.2 to jaw-dropping advances in recursive self-improving AI (yes, it’s as intense as it sounds). Whether you lead a business, a team, or just need to stay ahead of the AI curve — this episode is your executive summary for everything that matters (and nothing that doesn’t). We’ll also dig into the billion-dollar OpenAI–Disney partnership, how real users are actually leveraging AI in the wild, and why the Fed is finally admitting AI is changing the job market. In this session, you'll discover: The GPT-5.2 release: performance benchmarks and real-world capabilities Is GPT-5.2 better than humans at actual work? (71% of the time, yes) Why OpenAI’s new “not-an-ad” ad rollout caused a user revolt OpenAI x Disney: Why $1B is being bet on AI-generated Mickey Mouse content GPT-5.2’s weak spots and where Claude Opus still dominates What Recursive Self-Improving AI means (and why Eric Schmidt is nervous) AI designing its own hardware: A startup that could rewrite Moore’s Law New usage data from OpenRouter, Microsoft, SAP & Perplexity – how people actually use AI Why prompt length is exploding (and what that means for your business) AI agents in browsers: the productivity revolution or a security nightmare? Databricks proves AI sucks at raw documents (and how to fix it) The psychological bias against AI-created work — it’s real Claude’s new Slack integration: is this the dev team you didn’t hire? Apple’s AI brain drain & why it matters Gartner says: Block AI browsers (for now) AI and unemployment: The Fed finally connects the dots Want to future-proof your team’s AI skills? Isar’s AI Business Transformation Course launches again in January — a proven, real-world guide to using AI across content, research, operations, and strategy. 👉 Learn more & enroll here: https://multiplai.ai/ai-course/ About Leveraging AI The Ultimate AI Course for Business People: https://multiplai.ai/ai-course/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Multiplai_AI/ Connect with Isar Meitis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isarmeitis/ Join our Live Sessions, AI Hangouts and newsletter: https://services.multiplai.ai/events If you’ve enjoyed or benefited from some of the insights of this episode, leave us a five-star review on your favorite podcast platform, and let us know what you learned, found helpful, or liked most about this show!